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DONIZETTI / VERDI / BOITO / SULLIVAN / PONCHIELLI / ROSSINI
Bad Boys Bryn Terfel (baritone) with Anne Sofie von Otter & Balcarras Crafoord / Swedish Radio Choir & Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] "Terfel, of course, brings the smell of the theatre into everything he does. His powerful vocal presence is born of physical presence and he harnesses words, in any language, like few others." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - November 2009 |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart Arias Christian Gerhaher (baritone) / Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz [ Sony Classical / CD - released 28/Jan/2016 ] "You can hear every word, and when he's at his best, you sense the complete character behind the individual aria" (Gramophone) |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphonies No. 4 & No. 8 Cleveland Orchestra / Christoph von Dohnanyi (cond) [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/2003 ] The Cleveland Orchestra is thoroughly at home in this repertory and is the perfect virtuosic ensemble for Maestro Dohnanyi's mature, insightful interpretations. |
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MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 3 / Die erste Walpurgisnacht Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus. Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 28/May/2002 ] "a recording of high quality, musically and technically." —AmericanRecord Guide |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphonies Nos 4, 8 & 9 Cleveland Orchestra / Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Telarc Everybody's Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] Everybody's Classics is Telarc's new reissue series offering consumers 2 CDs For 1 Great Price! |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No 1, 2, 5 & 7 Cleveland Orchestra / Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Telarc Everybody's Classics / 2 CD - released 10/May/2009 ] x |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphonies No. 6 Pastorale & Leonore Overture No. 3 Cleveland Orchestra / Christoph von Dohnanyi (conductor) [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/2003 ] "The magnificent Cleveland Orchestra plays this glorious music with truly stunning sonority." —Audio |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 'Choral' Carol Vaness, Janice Taylor, Siegfried Jerusalem, Robert Lloyd / Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/2003 ] "This is a wonderful performance. The first movement truly moves. It is overwhelming, which is what it should be...As for the great Ode, chorus and soloists-conductor and orchestra-all are magnificent." -High Performance Review |
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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 / Polonaise from Eugene Onegin The Cleveland Orchestra / Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 16/Apr/2002 ] "The close attention Dohnanyi gives to coloristic detail is shown by the very opening...notable, too, are the clarity, almost never achieved, in the descending bass figuration...in the third movement." (Stereo Review) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 unfinished and 9 The Cleveland Orchestra / Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/2002 ] Top quality Telarc classics now at mid price |
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BRUCKNER / WAGNER / BEETHOVEN / R. STRAUSS / MOZART / etc
Eugen Jochum - The Orchestral Recordings on Philips Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bamberger Symphoniker, Eugen Jochum, with Veronica Jochum von Moltke, piano [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 15 CD Box Set - released 22/May/2020 ] According to one former violist in the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eugen Jochum was the type of conductor 'who doesn't "put on" spectacular performances, but whose music-making always bears the stamp of honesty. |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen [Highlights] Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Thomas Stewart, Josephine Veasey, Gundula Janowitz, Jon Vickers, Jess Thomas / Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 11/Dec/2013 ] Highlights from Herbert von Karajan's mighty 'Ring' cycle. The disc includes extended highlights from the four 'Ring' operas and allows us to sample Karajan's choice of different singers for the same character in different operas - Fischer-Dieskau's... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): 4 letzte Lieder (4 Last Songs) / Arabella (highlights) (Rec 1953/54) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Ackermann (Conductor) Lovro von Matacic (Conductor) with Anny Felbermayer (soprano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 11/May/2006 ] (Schwarzkopf) had all the requisite vocal qualities for a first-rate singer of the music of Richard Strauss: radiance, tenderness, vocal colour, always alive to the nuances of the text, and very observant of what the composer demanded. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Gloria in excelsis Deo (first recording) / Dixit Dominus Emma Kirkby, Anne Sofie von Otter / Royal Academy Baroque Orch / Drottingholm Baroque Ensemble [ BIS / CD - released 1/May/2001 ] 'The Handel discovery of our time performed with sublime dexterity by Emma Kirkby.' Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Aug 2001) |
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PIETRO MASCAGNI / RUGGIERO LEONCAVALLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Complete Operas) [with Opera Intermezzi] Fiorenza Cossotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Giuseppe Taddei / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro all Scala, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 3/Feb/2002 ] Includes a booklet with the synopsis and libretto of both operas in German, Italian, English and French. |
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DAVE BRUBECK
Across Your Dreams: Frederica von Stade sings Brubeck Frederica Von Stade (soprano) with Chris & Dave Brubeck [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] Across Your Dreams is a collection of compositions, written by Dave and Chris Brubeck, that weave the stories of life and family into a beautiful tapestry of song. The compositions feature von Stadewith Chris Brubeck and Bill Crofut with lyrics by... |
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ROGERS & HART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: My Funny Valentine: Songs from the Shows Frederica von Stade (soprano) / Ambrosian Singers & London Symphony Orchestra, John McGlinn [ EMI Red Line / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] The songwriting partnership of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart was one of the most successful on Broadway from the '20s until Hart's death in 1943. They met in 1919, whilst attending Columbia University and had their first success in 1925 with the... |
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MAHLER
Symphony No. 4 / Songs of a Wayfarer Frederica von Stade (soprano) / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra / Yoel Levi, conductor [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] "The Fourth always seemed like suitable territory for this conductor. And so it proves. A mass of detail and colour is unearthed by his fine Atlanta orchestra." - Gramophone |
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ROGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
The Sound of Music Frederica von Stade (soprano) / Cincinnati Pops Orchestra / Erich Kunzel [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] Frederica von Stade, described by The New York Times as "one of America's finest artists and singers," stands now at the pinnacle of a career that has taken her to the stages of the world's great opera houses, as well as concert and recital platforms... |
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Frederica von Stade, Thomas Hampson, Tyne Daly, London Symphony Orchestra. Michael Tilson Thomas
Bernstein - On the Town [ DG Awards Collection / CD - released 8/May/2005 ] Gramophone Award Winner: Music Theatre 1994 |